Pear, hazelnut & blue cheese salad

This is a heavenly combination for a salad.

If blue cheese is not to your taste, use a milder cheese, such as pecorino or Gouda. The sticky cooked pears from the other recipe could also make an appearance in this salad.

Preparation time: 15 minutes Serves 4, as a side

About 2 cups (150g) mixed salad greens

1 pear, cored and thinly sliced – comice or conference are great

for salads

1⁄3 cup roasted hazelnuts, chopped

75g creamy blue cheese

1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tsp honey

1 tsp wholegrain mustard

4 tbsp olive oil

Arrange the salad greens on a large platter, top with the sliced pears and scatter with the hazelnuts. Crumble over the blue cheese.

Combine the remaining ingredients in a jug to make a dressing. Drizzle over the salad and serve.

Nicola Galloway is an award-winning food writer and author of Homegrown Kitchen cookbook. homegrown-kitchen.co.nz